e4? d4?

Originally posted by SirLoseALot
Anybody know statistics on win draw loss for e4 against d4?It would really intrest me 🙄

Using the free database SCID, my database o' 443,924 mostly grandmaster games gives:

Games 1-0 =-= 0-1 Score
d4 [Queen's Pawn] 151272 55322 56563 39348 55.2%
e4 [King's Pawn] 203301 73405 70640 59222 53.4%
c4 [English] 34359 12511 13354 8491 55.8%
Nf3 [Reti] 41123 14410 17092 9614 55.8%

And then I got tired...
Hope that helps
AND DANG, all the nice tab marks go away, and the columns are all funky. Don't know how to fix that.

Originally posted by Zwischenzug
What about 1. b4 (the Orangutan)?. I know the super GMs don't play it often (or ever) OTB in tourney play but there must be a good sized database out there at the 2000-2300 level that could give some relevant stats for the Win/Draw/Lose percentages.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can look this up for me.

Some stats on you from my (smallish) database. Enjoy.

Database: 1800-2000 (443,924 games)
Report: 1.b4 (447 games)
ECO: A00p [Polish (Sokolsky; Orang-Utan)]
Generated by Scid 3.4, 2003.07.13


1. STATISTICS AND HISTORY
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1.1 Statistics

Games 1-0 =-= 0-1 Score
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All report games 447 123 121 203 41.0%

Both rated 2600+ 2 0 1 1 25.0%
Both rated 2500+ 6 1 3 2 41.6%
Both rated 2400+ 33 12 12 9 54.5%
Both rated 2300+ 79 27 29 23 52.5%

Since 1996.01.01 247 70 64 113 41.2%
Since 1998.01.01 193 50 52 91 39.3%
Since 2000.01.01 74 20 17 37 38.5%
Since 2001.01.01 0 0 0 0 0.0%
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1.2 Oldest games

1: 1-0(27) Reti - Speyer, Scheveningen NED 1923 [67]
2: =-=(50) Nimzowitsch - Reti, Carlsbad CZE 1923 [8]
3: =-=(57) Tartakower - Maroczy, New York, NY USA 1924 [16]
4: 0-1(42) Richter - Rellstab, Bad Oeynhausen GER 1939.07 [85]
5: =-=(47) Niephaus - Czaya, Bad Nauheim GER 1948.03 [83]

1.3 Newest games

1: =-=(41) Bennett 2088 - Machet, Canberra AUS 2000.12.30 [101]
2: 0-1(29) Gilles 2250 - Berzinsh 2438, Bern SUI 2000.12.27 [76]
3: 0-1(56) Hecimovic 2196 - Kuljasevic 2124, Zadar CRO 2000.12.14 [51]
4: 0-1(24) Hecimovic 2196 - Mestrovic 2434, Zadar CRO 2000.12.10 [94]
5: =-=(13) Kesmaecker 2293 - Borg 2344, Istanbul TUR 2000.11.12 [121]

1.4 Current popularity

Year 1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09
Once every X games --- 4081 993 1347 1064 908 846

Frequency in all years: once every 993 games
In the 10 years to today: once every 841 games (up 18% from all years)
In the 5 years to today: once every 840 games (up 18% from all years)
In the 1 year to today: once every 0 games (no change from all years)

1.5 Most frequent players (White)

1: 19 1985-2000 39% 2369 Teichmann, Erik O M C [22,31,34,37,64,68,88,99,...]
2: 16 1995-2000 50% 2286 Bulcourf, Carlos [34,35,46,94,95,98,103,104,...]
3: 11 1998-2000 41% 2200 Bennett, Hilton [7,19,36,51,63,68,89,90,...]
4: 9 1994-1999 78% 2525 Vokac, Marek [3,40,42,51,57,84,89,106]
5: 8 1979-1998 50% 2350 Basman, Michael J [19,46,48,74,75,78]
6: 8 1996-1999 44% 2170 Melich, J [1,7,14,23,34,66,83,108]

1.6 Most frequent players (Black)

1: 2 1982-1999 75% 2593 Ehlvest, Jaan [58]
2: 2 1998 25% 2550 Yudasin, Leonid G [41,109]
3: 2 1996-1998 100% 2530 Klovans, Janis [70]
4: 2 1969-1972 75% 2465 Adorjan, Andras [108,121]
5: 2 1973-1995 75% 2455 Garcia, Raimundo [46,58]
6: 2 2000 100% 2439 Sepp, Olav [1]


2. RATINGS AND PERFORMANCE
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2.1 Average ratings and performance

White rating: 2310 (215 games); White performance: 2244 (38% vs 2331)
Black rating: 2331 (249 games); Black performance: 2339 (54% vs 2310)

2.2 Games with highest average rating

1: =-=(42) Miles 2615 - Polugaevsky 2615, London ENG 1984 [35]
2: 0-1(48) Miles 2615 - Ribli 2610, London ENG 1984 [42]
3: 1-0(41) Larsen 2630 - Browne 2575, Las Palmas ESP 1974 [62]
4: 0-1(39) Miralles - Ehlvest, Groningen NED 1982 [58]
5: =-=(57) Tartakower - Maroczy, New York, NY USA 1924 [16]
6: =-=(50) Nimzowitsch - Reti, Carlsbad CZE 1923 [8]
7: 1-0(41) Arkell - Gallagher, London ENG 1986 [108]
8: 1-0(33) Akopian 2660 - Ganguly 2440, Calcutta IND 2000 [18]